May 16, 2012

SOS!

I find it truly shocking that in this day and age, hunters are still gunning down polar bears to peddle their skins, teeth, claws and skulls on the international market.If you agree that the world doesn’t have polar bears to spare -- certainly not to end up as rugs -- then please help NRDC end this gruesome trade once and for all. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose a ban on the trafficking of polar bears for profit.

Despite the growing threats of climate change, toxic pollution and oil development that jeopardize the very existence of polar bears, hunters continue to kill hundreds of them every year — and are allowed to sell their body parts legally in the international market.

Right now, the Obama Administration is deciding whether or not to propose an urgently-needed ban on the commercial trade in polar bear parts at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take this life-saving step! YOUR MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO: Dan Ashe, Director, US Fish & Wildlife Service